''Putilla'' is a
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sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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Seguenziidae
Seguenziidae is a family of very small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Seguenzioidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Bouchet, P. (2012). Seguenziidae. Accessed through ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Putilla'' include:
* ''
Putilla lacuna''
(Laseron, 1954)
* ''
Putilla lucida''
A. Adams, 1867
* † ''
Putilla ponderi''
(Maxwell, 1992)
* ''
Putilla porcellana''
(Tate & May, 1900)
* † ''
Putilla tantilla''
(Laws, 1936)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Putilla abyssicola''
Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of ''
Benthonella tenella
''Benthonella tenella'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil.
Description
The maximum recorded shell ...
''
(Jeffreys, 1869)
* ''Putilla aoteana''
(Powell, 1937): synonym of ''
Notosetia aoteana''
Powell, 1937
* ''Putilla cantrainei'' Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of ''
Obtusella intersecta
''Obtusella intersecta'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of very small and minute sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in ...
''
(S. Wood, 1857)
* ''Putilla messanensis'' (Aradas & Benoit, 1876): synonym of ''
Rissoa messanensis''
Aradas & Benoit, 1876
* ''Putilla neozelanica''
(Suter, 1908): synonym of ''
Notosetia neozelanica''
(Suter, 1898)
References
Adams A. (1867) ''Descriptions of new species of shells from Japan''. Proceedings of the Zoological society of London, 1867: 309-315, pl. 19
External links
''Ponder W. F. (1985). A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea)''. Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221 page(s): 100* Kano Y., Chikyu, E. & Warén, A. (2009) ''Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus Adeuomphalus (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea)''. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 75:397-418.
Gastropod genera
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